the night when mediocrity turned into fabulous

The Guy gave me tickets to Coldplay for my birthday (well, he got them free from a radio rep at work, but he still gave them to me). Saturday night was the concert. We wanted to go to dinner before the concert, but it was the BYU-Utah game (don't get me started--I lost a bet to Jeff over the game). So we walked over to Mikado for lunch and then came home and watched the football game, and then went to the concert.

Our tickets were ok--not horrible, not great. But it was still the best concert I've ever been too. Coldplay really knows how to put on a concert--they were so into the whole thing and really connected with the audience. Plus, they are just plain talented. And good-looking. (But not as good-looking as The Guy, of course!) Chris Martin blew me away--he can sing, play the piano, the guitar and the harmonica, and he can jump and dance all over the stage.

But what made this concert extra cool was when Coldplay walked off the front of the stage. thru the crowd. and up into the audience.

And performed two songs. RIGHT in front of us. I mean that. Directly in front of The Guy and I. They had a little platform set up on top of the two rows in front of us. We were at the end of the aisle, so they were literally one foot away from us. The one bummer was that their backs were to us while they performed. But we didn't care. It was sooooo cool.

After they finished singing the first song, Chris Martin took the harmonica he had been playing and tried to hand it to us, but ended up dropping it at our feet. Jeff picked it up and then tried to give it to one of the staff standing by us, but they said it was for us. (and I would take a picture of it and show you, but Jeff has hidden it away...I'll take one later and post it.)

Hey there Chris Martin's B.F.F! I can't even think of a word good enough to describe how great that was.... thanks for taking amazing pics to document it! Thanks for giving me the harmonica! :) J.K.! hehehe